Aloysius eases through the door as close to silently as he can manage. He's not used to the sort of stealth that seems to come naturally to John, though he has the right idea.

The dormitory must have been built by the least imaginative architects ever: a central hallway running the length of the building, with glass-fronted doors (some still intact, some not) on either side of the hallway about every twenty feet or so. Up ahead some distance, a few of the doors on the streetward side have sagged open a few inches.

Well. Sagged may not be the right word. not with the bloodstains and burn marks on the floor.